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FirstEnergy to Pay $28 Million
To Settle With U.S.

FirstEnergy Corp. said it will pay $28 million to resolve Justice Department allegations that employees at a subsidiary misled federal regulators about the safety of a nuclear-power station.

Under the deferred-prosecution agreement, the Justice Department won't indict the company as long as it complies with the terms of the agreement. First Energy employees were accused of knowingly making false statements to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about the safety of the Davis-Besse nuclear-power station, which sits along the Lake...